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Hank returns to his seat. The lady drives away.
I return to my seat as well. “What’s going on?” The moment it comes out of my mouth, I know I’ve asked a question Hank won’t answer. Corrado keeps him on the payroll for a reason, and discretion is one of those reasons. Still, I await an answer.
Hank pets the dog. “Don’t know.”
Corrado takes a while, way longer than half an hour. I check my watch. It’s nearing noon, and for all he knows, I’ll be late for a job interview. I scoot back toward the open door when Hank barks, “Ma’am, you must stay in the car.”
“I understand, but if—” An explosion makes me scream and cover my head. Another smaller one, followed by a series of tiny explosions, makes me grab the handle of my door. It’s locked. The barking dog and I have a lot in common. We’re freaking out. I slide over the seat toward the open door and start to get out when I see Corrado emerging from the dust cloud that’s collected in the center of the junkyard.
His satisfied smirk is reminiscent of Lucifer rising from hell. He enjoyed wrecking this place.
Before he sits in the car, Corrado dusts off his sleeves, then scowls and walks toward the back. He pops the trunk and takes something from it. I wait for him to explain any of this, but he takes so long that I step out and meet him at the back of the car.
Corrado is nude.
Completely naked and shoving his clothes into a plastic bag. The thing he pulled out of the trunk was a suitcase. It’s open. There’s a stack of clean clothes in there, which makes me think he either planned this or just normally keeps clothes in the back of his car. Or he’s packed and going somewhere. I have no idea, in the same way that I have no idea what’s going on with this dangerous man.
This dangerous, beautiful man. His body is strong and hairy, with defined muscle, and he doesn’t give a rat’s ass if I watch him or not. I note his arousal. Danger excites him. I think we might have that in common.
Now dressed in black jeans and an off-white button-down shirt, he closes the trunk and stands before me.
“Did you enjoy the view?” he asks.
“Hm?”
“Did you like looking at me?”
I walk away.
Footsteps crunch the gravel behind me.
“Leave me alone,” I shout.
Corrado materializes in front of me. I try going around him, but I can’t. With a sigh, I throw up my hands. “You towed my car, then destroyed it. That wasn’t enough. You blew up the entire lot. That’s a Saturday morning for you. That can’t be my morning. The cops will come. I have to get out here.”
He checks his watch. “We still have a few minutes.”
“What?” I frown.
“The response is a few minutes out.”
“How do you know that?”
Corrado stares blankly.
“Right. The same way you know congressmen and made men.” Frustrated, I bite my lip. “If we don’t leave soon, together, we’ll get arrested.”
“Nobody will touch you.”
“You can’t know that.”
“I can.”
“What about you?”
“I have less than a minute to clear this street, or I’ll have to pull some serious strings to get out of trouble for this.”
My brother went to jail for me. I can’t have another man serve time because I wouldn’t get into his stupid fancy car.
